Adding fields in Reports

[RSteph]

I know this is probably a pretty basic question, but I'm drawing a bit of a
blank on the issue.

I'm making a report from scratch, and adding fields to the report. When I do
this it adds the textbox, and companion label. I'd like to move the label
without moving the textbox (so that I can move it to the page header
section). Is there a way for me to brake the anchor between the textbox and
the label (that makes them both move around the report simultaneously), or do
I have to delete the label and recreate it after the fact?

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I know this is probably a pretty basic question, but I'm drawing a bit of a
blank on the issue.

I'm making a report from scratch, and adding fields to the report. When I
do
this it adds the textbox, and companion label. I'd like to move the label
without moving the textbox (so that I can move it to the page header
section). Is there a way for me to brake the anchor between the textbox
and
the label (that makes them both move around the report simultaneously), or
do
I have to delete the label and recreate it after the fact?

What version of Access? I can't check now, but I seem to recall that Access
2007 has this as a "smart tag" option if you select the two controls
together. In versions before this, you can just select the label, then
click cut, and then paste it back (without selecting any other control).

 

[RSteph]

I'm using Access 2007.

What version of Access? I can't check now, but I seem to recall that Access
2007 has this as a "smart tag" option if you select the two controls
together. In versions before this, you can just select the label, then
click cut, and then paste it back (without selecting any other control).

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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[Dirk Goldgar]

I'm using Access 2007.

I've just done some quick checking, and I was wrong about getting a
smart-tag option to unlink the controls. You get one for linking a label
and a control, but not for unlinking them. So just select the label, cut
it, and paste it back.